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ground substance
Overview of noun ground-substance
The noun ground substance has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance -- (the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded)
2. hyaloplasm, ground substance -- (the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ground-substance
2 senses of ground substance
Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
=> body substance
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
hyaloplasm, ground substance
=> cytoplasm, cytol
=> protoplasm, living substance
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun ground-substance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ground-substance
2 senses of ground substance
Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
=> body substance
Sense 2
hyaloplasm, ground substance
=> cytoplasm, cytol
Antonyms of noun ground-substance
Member Holonyms of noun ground-substance
Substance Holonyms of noun ground-substance
Part Holonyms of noun ground-substance
1 of 2 senses of ground substance
Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
PART OF: bone, os
PART OF: cartilage, gristle
PART OF: connective tissue
Member Meronyms of noun ground-substance
Substance Meronyms of noun ground-substance
Part Meronyms of noun ground-substance
Meronyms of noun ground-substance
Holonyms of noun ground-substance
1 of 2 senses of ground substance
Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
PART OF: bone, os
PART OF: cartilage, gristle
PART OF: connective tissue
Attributes of noun ground-substance
Derived Forms of noun ground-substance
Domain of noun ground-substance
Domain Terms of noun ground-substance
Familiarity of noun ground-substance
ground substance used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ground-substance
2 senses of ground substance
Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
> body substance
=> solid body substance
=> liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
=> chromatin, chromatin granule
=> achromatin
=> linin
=> matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
=> humor, humour
Sense 2
hyaloplasm, ground substance
> cytoplasm, cytol
=> plasmodium
=> cytoplast
=> cytosol
=> ectoplasm
=> endoplasm
=> hyaloplasm, ground substance
=> centrosome, central body
=> sarcoplasm
=> syncytium
Meronyms of noun ground-substance
2 senses of ground substance
Sense 2
hyaloplasm, ground substance
=> cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
Holonyms of noun ground-substance
1 of 2 senses of ground substance
Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance
PART OF: bone, os
PART OF: endoskeleton
PART OF: cartilage, gristle
PART OF: connective tissue
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